Executive Vice President, Business Development, North America

WHO WE ARE SEEKING

• Growth leader with proven track record of driving and converting pitch pursuits for established and emerging companies.
• Collaborative and strategic partner to practice and capability leads with proven success strategically driving all aspects of a new business response.
• Outcome-oriented integrated marketer with diverse channel and category experience.
• Highly effective written, verbal and visual communicator with the ability to articulate strategic and creative solutions to complex client briefs.
• Experienced people leader who can help develop and manage high-performing teams.
• Creative problem-solver with the ability to navigate complexity, ambiguity and facilitate successful collaboration in high-pressure situations with multiple stakeholders.

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Assemble and drive cross-office, cross-functional teams for the largest, strategically significant pitch pursuits.
• Partner with practice leads, capability leads and pitch teams to develop breakthrough, tailored new business responses that showcase the agency’s capabilities and ideas in strategic, creative, and unique ways.
• Collaborate with growth leads from The Weber Shandwick Collective brands and IPG agencies on integrated RFP responses
• Partner with priority practice, sector and offering leaders to pursue proactive target priorities, identify white space, merchandise, and sell new capabilities and meet/exceed revenue targets.
• Analyze growth data and outcomes to develop compelling reports merchandising growth impact and insights regionally and globally, as well as identify trends to improve performance.
• Assist the innovation team in strategically packaging and commercializing e new client offerings, products and solutions.
• Stay abreast of industry trends, client needs, and emerging opportunities to shape the agency’s new business strategies.
• Partner with NA growth leaders on selectclient engagements to drive sustained organic growth for Weber Shandwick’s largest, most-tenured global accounts.

Weber Shandwick is proud to The Weber Shandwick Collective recognizes that your health and wellbeing are a priority. This is why we offer a full suite of benefits including:

• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• 401k (with employer match)
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Juice Money – $60 monthly reimbursement to be used towards purchases that nourish your health, mind, body, and soul
• MyDays – Flexible holiday schedules
• Short-Term Disability
• Paid Employee Family Leave
• Family Building Benefit

Weber Shandwick is proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. Weber Shandwick recruits qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, gender, age, ethnic or national origin, protected veteran status, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status or citizenship status.

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